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Re: Function Option Names

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My feeling is that this is to prevent filling up namespace too
quickly. The more symbols get into the system namespace the slower it
will get (though I think the difference will be marginal). One of the
disadvantages of using strings is no spellchecking and no name
completion (ctrl-k).

Cheers Sjoerd

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On Apr 17, 1:54 pm, mmausr <opn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm curious why some option names are strings (e.g. options to the
> FinancialDerivative function), while other option names are symbols
> (e.g. options to the ListPlot function).
>
> More generally, why are some parameters of built-in functions
> specified as strings and others specified as symbols that evaluate to
> themselves?

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Function Option Names mmausr <opngid@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 11:54 +0000
  Re: Function Option Names "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 23:16 +0000
    Re: Function Option Names mmausr <opngid@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 07:11 +0000

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